A mother-of-two had her face cut to shreds when her 'possessive' boyfriend viciously attacked her with a broken glass bottle.

Patricio Marre Avila, 45, seriously assaulted his girlfriend, Carol Mora Alvarez, and then killed himself, because she was going to end their relationship.

Avila broke a bottle and used it to cut her face and peel off parts of her skin in the city of La Calera, in central Chile.

Afterwards he took another bottle and hit her over the head, leaving her unconscious.

Avila then put his 35-year-old girlfriend in a windowless room without ventilation and left her there.

She woke up about 45 minutes later and began screaming until neighbours came to her aid and called police.

Police investigating the attack found Avila had written a note which read: 'I am bipolar, nice angry guy.'

The family of the victim, who is the mother of two children aged three and 13, described Avila as an 'extremely possessive man' and the relationship between the two, which had lasted barely a month, as 'unhealthy.'

Carol was transferred to a hospital for treatment and police confirmed she will need major reconstructive surgery to her face.

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Police launched a manhunt for her attacker but as they closed in, Avila decided to kill himself after a further social media post saying: 'I would not say I am perfect, because I know it's not true, I have defects and I get it wrong.

'But I have a strong character and a noble heart.'

Avila (pictured) broke a bottle and used it to cut the face of Carol Mora Alvarez (pictured right)